Author Archive: BT Online Editor
Thiamine Deficiency in the Bariatric Surgery Patient—a Multidisciplinary Challenge in the Clinic and the Community
This column is dedicated to covering a variety of topics relevant to the multidisciplinary care of the bariatric surgical patient. by Barbara Hodges Klick, RD, MPH Barbara Hodges Klick, RD, MPH, is Program Manager, Bariatric Surgery, at the University Hospital Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, and University Hospital Geauga Medical Center in Chardon, Ohio.
Endoscopic Component Separation in the Bariatric Patient
This Month’s Featured Experts Kashif A. Zuberi, MD, MRCSI Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore MD Department of Bariatric Surgery and the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Hernia Center Hien T. Nguyen, MD, FACS Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore MD Department of Bariatric Surgery and the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Hernia Center Michael Schweitzer, MD, FACS Johns […]
Bariatric Surgery in Qatar: An Interview with Dr. Michel Gagner
Since 2003, Michel Gagner, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FASMBS, FICS, AFC (Hon.), has been flying to and from Qatar, performing bariatric surgery on the most complex patient cases. In 2007, he was invited to take on the task of restructuring the bariatric program at Hamad General Hospital in Qatar’s capital city, Doha. He accepted the challenge […]
ASMBS News and Update—December 2012
by Jaime Ponce, MD, FACS, FASMBS Dr. Ponce is President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Medical Director for Bariatric Surgery, Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton Georgia; Co-Medical Director for Bariatric Surgery, Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga Tennessee